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Speaker 1: Well, welcome into instant reaction in Indianapolis Colts Podcast. We

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Speaker 1: were reacting to the Colts falling to the Houston Texans

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Speaker 1: twenty to sixteen inside Lucas Oil Stadium. It's the fourth

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Speaker 1: straight loss the Colts have suffered to the Texans, but

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Speaker 1: in those four games by a combined total of thirteen points.

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Speaker 1: These games are always tight against Houston, and that was

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Speaker 1: definitely not an exception. As the Colts fall by four

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Speaker 1: to the Houston Texans, they now fall to eight and four,

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Speaker 1: tied atop the AFC South with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Texans,

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Speaker 1: they get a big victory. They're now just one game

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Speaker 1: back of both the Colts and Texans inside the AFC South.

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Speaker 1: The Colts will travel to Jacksonville next week, so it

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Speaker 1: doesn't get any easier this rough road ahead for the Colts.

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Speaker 1: It's a pretty brutal stretch here to close out the season.

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Speaker 1: But I'm Casey Valier, joined as always by Bill Brooks. Bill.

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Speaker 1: We're sitting here on Lucas Oil Stadium, the field where

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Speaker 1: all this just happened. In another tough one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, tough one.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you come into this game and you you

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Speaker 3: know you lost last week to Kansas City. Come in

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Speaker 3: this game, a division game, you want to play well

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Speaker 3: at home, and you got a team that you know

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Speaker 3: is you know they're they're trying to get into that

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Speaker 3: playoff race.

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Speaker 2: You know they're going to be ready to play.

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Speaker 3: But you figure you're being you're at home, you know

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Speaker 3: the team pretty well, they know you pretty well, and

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Speaker 3: you feel pretty good coming into a game like this.

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Speaker 2: And unfortunately the coach came up short. I mean, there are.

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Speaker 3: Things that that happened in the game that you know what, uh,

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Speaker 3: they didn't play well, didn't do some things well, and

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Speaker 3: you know, one of the things that come to minds

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Speaker 3: is third downs. You know, they weren't that good on

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Speaker 3: clean up and they have to get better at. But

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Speaker 3: this was a tough one. When you lose at home

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Speaker 3: a division opponent, it makes it hard.

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Speaker 2: No, it's tough.

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Speaker 1: And you know, like you said, you look back and

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Speaker 1: there were plenty of opportunities and that and that's what's

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Speaker 1: the hardest part about it is you lose one and

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Speaker 1: you can pick out a handful of spots where it's

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Speaker 1: like if this change is here, if that you get

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Speaker 1: that completion there, you get us here. And that's the

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Speaker 1: nature of the beast that's in the NFL. Everything essentially

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Speaker 1: comes down to one possession games because we know that

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Speaker 1: that margin of difference is so thin and everybody is

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Speaker 3: And the thing about that is as a player, you

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Speaker 3: don't know which play is gonna make the difference, right,

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Speaker 3: and it could be the first play of the game,

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Speaker 3: it could be the twenty fifth player of the game,

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Speaker 3: it could be the last.

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Speaker 2: Play of the game.

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Speaker 3: That's why I have to play each play like it

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Speaker 3: is going to make the difference in the game. And

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Speaker 3: unfortunately Texas made more plays in the colts. That's the

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Speaker 3: bottom line.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely well. Typically, as we do on Instant Reaction, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna highlight some positives. We're also gonna talk about some

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Speaker 1: of the negatives. You know, you end up on the

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Speaker 1: losing end of the scoreboard. There's definitely some areas you

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Speaker 1: want to clean up. But sticking with the positives, I

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Speaker 1: think it makes sense to start with Alec Pierce. Alec

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Speaker 1: Pierce another really solid performance. It's funny, are you know.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna call her our executive producer of this set

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Speaker 1: show here, Amanda Foster. She told me before the week

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Speaker 1: that Alec Peer has scored a touchdown in every might

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Speaker 1: cause Mike cleats game. Wow, you follow that up a

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Speaker 1: big touchdown here, four catches seventy eight yards. He also

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Speaker 1: had the big pass interference on third down which set

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Speaker 1: the Colts, you know, continue that drive there and a touchdown.

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Speaker 1: I thought Alec Pierce was pivotal to what the Colts

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Speaker 3: Yeah, ala Paris has played well all season long. I

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Speaker 3: mean he's one of those individuals that you've seen his

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Speaker 2: Play across the middle, Yes, across the middle.

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Speaker 3: The he ran another route where it's like a career

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Speaker 2: Caught the ball.

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Speaker 3: So Alex is playing at a high level. I think

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Speaker 3: one deep ball that he you know, the deep ball

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Speaker 3: that he caught a touchdown to me. He won that

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Speaker 3: Aleck is just you watch him play and as a receiver.

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Speaker 3: I watched a few little things that he does. He's

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Speaker 2: So he's doing all those nice things.

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Speaker 3: One of those end routes at the top of the route,

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Speaker 3: So give Alex credit for all the things he's doing.

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Speaker 3: And he had a nice game. Unfortunately came up to

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Speaker 1: Right. I don't know if I gave her credit. I

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Speaker 1: think I mentioned Amanda, But Amanda Foster, you are the one.

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Speaker 1: You gave me that nugget. Thank you so much to Amanda.

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Speaker 1: She's over there giving me the thumbs up. Nice little

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Speaker 1: red face. I'm sorry it didn't embarrassing Amanda, So one

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Speaker 1: thought there was a lot of chatter coming off last

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Speaker 1: Saw an impact from Taylor today. No touchdowns, but you know,

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Speaker 1: I know Jonathan Taylor is a little different because what

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Speaker 3: It was nice see him run the ball, yes, and

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Speaker 3: to see Jonathan Taylor out there making big plays. Now,

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Speaker 3: give the Houston Texans defense credit very much. So they

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Speaker 3: are a good good defense teams. So when you're playing

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Speaker 3: give the offensive line credit and give run blocking, and

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Speaker 3: yep all day. But you know what, that Texan defense

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Speaker 1: Now, a couple of guys I also want to highlight

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Speaker 1: First touchdown in five games. And then Josh Downs. I

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Speaker 1: you talked about what the Houston Texans did. I thought, ultimately,

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Speaker 1: kind of look at what the defense did. But I

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Speaker 1: thought the defense played winning football today. You know, they

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Speaker 1: They were able also to limit the Texans. Now, this

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Speaker 1: but you know, ultimately he's part of that game plan.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean in defense the nice job. I mean

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Speaker 3: That is a big plus. You don't want to score

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Speaker 3: And you know what they hunk tough. You know they

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Speaker 3: played They played a game last week and then win

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Speaker 3: an overtime, right, so they played next in the water too,

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Speaker 2: So, uh, give them credit, But you know, I still

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Speaker 2: like seim get them off the field a little bit more.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because you know, they did get some first downs

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Speaker 3: pretty good job, definitely keeping them out of the end zone.

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Speaker 1: No, you talk about time possession, the Texans won in

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Speaker 1: the time of possession today by almost ten minutes plus,

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Speaker 1: So that is definitely one area. We definitely saw it

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Speaker 1: area you want to address moving forward. Now, some of

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Speaker 1: the negatives from this loss. Offensively, three of ten on

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Speaker 3: Yeah, when you know, part of that time possession we

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Speaker 3: what happens is the defense has to go back on

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Speaker 2: There might be a little fatigued.

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Speaker 3: They know that that's their job, but they still have

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Speaker 3: And when teams go up and down the field, you

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Speaker 3: know they they yep some of that clock. So part

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Speaker 3: So those are things you know that we talk about.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. Now, final thing I want to talk about is,

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Speaker 1: you know, Michael Badgley missed his third extra point on

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Speaker 1: in these close games. So Michael Badgley missed the pat today,

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Speaker 1: And that's where it just changes the complexity of everything.

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Speaker 1: And those things are so crucial, So especially in games

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a lot of games comes down to one possession,

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Speaker 2: And you know, you know, I'm sure I'm bad to

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Speaker 3: I gotta make that kick, you know, and he has

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Speaker 2: Play is going to be the play.

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Speaker 3: And for him, you know, I'm sure he feels bad

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Speaker 3: But it came down to that, but he just has

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Speaker 1: Final thing that we did see today, as we mentioned,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, he's gonna have to make adjustments. I mean,

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Speaker 3: So things happened, they know that, but he I mean,

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Speaker 3: You just never know when it comes to lower lake injuries,

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Speaker 1: Absolutely well. As we mentioned, the Colts fall to the

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Speaker 2: About the NFL. I'm sure the NFL loves this. They're

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Speaker 1: They are absolutely And for the Colts, it is gonna

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Speaker 3: The good thing is the Colts still control their own

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Speaker 2: They still control their own destiny.

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Speaker 3: If they take care of business, they still will win

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and it all starts next Sunday and we will

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Speaker 1: have a full breakdown for you after that. Colts and

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Speaker 1: Jaggs game live from Duval County in Jacksonville. But for

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Speaker 1: Bill Brooks, I'm Casey Value. The Colts fall to the

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Speaker 1: Texans twenty to sixteen. Thank you for joining us here

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